Invention Application
US20130014034A1 MANAGING MULTIPLE VIRTUAL WORLD ACCOUNTS FROM A SINGLE VIRTUAL LOBBY INTERFACE
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从一个单一的虚拟界面管理多个虚拟世界账户
- Patent Title: MANAGING MULTIPLE VIRTUAL WORLD ACCOUNTS FROM A SINGLE VIRTUAL LOBBY INTERFACE
- Patent Title (中): 从一个单一的虚拟界面管理多个虚拟世界账户
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Application No.: US13616530Application Date: 2012-09-14
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Publication No.: US20130014034A1Publication Date: 2013-01-10
- Inventor: VITTORIO CASTELLI , RICK A. HAMILTON, II , BRIAN M. O'CONNELL , CLIFFORD A. PICKOVER , KEITH R. WALKER
- Applicant: VITTORIO CASTELLI , RICK A. HAMILTON, II , BRIAN M. O'CONNELL , CLIFFORD A. PICKOVER , KEITH R. WALKER
- Applicant Address: US NY ARMONK
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY ARMONK
- Main IPC: G06F3/048
- IPC: G06F3/048 ; G06F15/16

Abstract:
A virtual lobby client automatically interfaces with multiple virtual world instances, each provided by a separate virtual world provider from among multiple virtual world providers, each interfaced with to access a separate virtual world account, to retrieve a separate selection of inventory items from each virtual world account. The virtual lobby client renders an inventory directory index of each separate selection of inventory items within a single lobby interface with at least one selectable option for managing each of the items in the inventory directory from the single lobby interface. The virtual lobby client renders, within the single lobby interface, a separate graphical portal for each virtual account, wherein entry of each of the separate graphical portals triggers the virtual lobby client to automatically open a virtual world specific interface window into a particular virtual world instance provided under the particular virtual world account associated with the entered graphical portal.
Public/Granted literature
- US09396260B2 Managing multiple virtual world accounts from a single virtual lobby interface Public/Granted day:2016-07-19
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